THE ECOLOGICAL CRISIS AS PART OF THE PRESENT MULTIDIMENSIONAL CRISIS

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THE ECOLOGICAL CRISIS AS PART OF THE PRESENT
MULTIDIMENSIONAL CRISIS

• AND INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACY

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THE MYTHS ABOUT THE ECOLOGICAL CRISIS
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Humanity the culprit?
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Industrial Revolution to be blamed?--But, the
Industrial Revolution took a specific form
because it took place within a specific economic
system
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Industrial Revolution to be blamed?--But, the
Industrial Revolution took a specific form
because it took place within a specific economic
system
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We are all to be blamed equally
But, the poorest 37 of the worlds population is
accountable for only 7 of carbon dioxide
emissions, whilst the 15 of the worlds
population that lives in rich countries is
responsible for half these emissions
The energy use per capita of high income
countries is, today, more than 10 times higher
than that of low income countries
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The Crisis affects all equally--But, meanwhile,
the rich build fortresses to protect themselves
from the poor who are displaced by climate change
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MAIN ECOLOGICAL APPROACHES
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ID Approach Why an Inclusive Democracy?The
multi-dimensional Crisis
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ID Approach What is An Inclusive Democracy?
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ID Approach and Ecological crisis